If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.