The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.