Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

Downieville's largest Gold Rush structure still standing has one of the longest bars in California.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.