The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.