Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

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