The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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 monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.