Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A little-known museum of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek artifacts.

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.

Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.