Previously a hot spring, this park remains a site of unique history, wildlife, and geology.

Hikers and walkers flock to this historic volcanic butte for its scenic desert views.

Enormous photography collection housed in a study center co-founded by Ansel Adams.

Along a busy beachfront strip you may hear Frank Sinatra singing from one boardwalk home.

This exoskeleton was gifted to Rutgers University by Japan for its role in educating some of the first Japanese citizens to study outside the country.

A monument commemorating the discoverer of radio astronomy.

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

This wildflower meadow was once the site of America's oldest operating paper mill and a symbol of Newark's manufacturing past.

The Branch Davidian compound known as the Mount Carmel Center became the site of one of the most controversial law enforcement operations in U.S. history.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

A coal town pitcher who became a record-setting legend, then came home to serve

A steel skeleton is all that exists of what is supposed to be a replica of Noah's Ark

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.