Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

The world's longest known cave system.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.