A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.