The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.