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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

From Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego, you won't find any lighthouse higher than this one.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

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

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.