New Orleans, Louisiana
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The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Washington, D.C.
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
San Francisco, California
Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.
California City, California
The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.
San Francisco, California
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
Los Gatos, California
An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.
Sunnyvale, California
A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Lone Pine, California
The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.
Oakland, California
The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Washington, D.C.
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Washington, D.C.
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
San Diego, California
One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.
San Francisco, California
San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.