This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

Oldest building in California still in use.