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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

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

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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