A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Antiques by the Bay.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.