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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.