It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.