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Mission Dolores Cemetery

San Francisco, California

Mission Dolores Cemetery

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Ayyyyy.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Bronze Fonz

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Bobblehead Hall of Fame

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

Front of bar

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Shaker's Cigar Bar

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

The Babe Ruth banyan tree

Hilo, Hawaii

Banyan Drive

Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I

Colma, California

Emperor Norton’s Grave

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Colma Necropolis

Daly City, California

Colma Necropolis

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Circus Showfolks of America Memorial

Daly City, California

Circus Showfolks of America Memorial

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

Hair jewelry

Colma, California

Colma Historical Association

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

Wyatt Earp's Grave

Colma, California

Wyatt Earp's Grave

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

Tafoni Sandstone Monolith

Redwood City, California

Tafoni Sandstone Monolith

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

Shelton McMurphey Johnson House

Eugene, Oregon

Shelton McMurphey Johnson House

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

The Submarine House
Permanently Closed

Los Gatos, California

The Submarine House

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Lanai Cat Sanctuary

Lanai City, Hawaii

Lanai Cat Sanctuary

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

This plaque reads "Over this spot on 2 September 1945 the instrument of formal surrender of Japan to the allied powers was signed thus bringing to a close the second world war. The ship at that time was at anchor in Tokyo bay"

Honolulu, Hawaii

Site of the Japanese WWII Surrender

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

Capulin Volcano

Des Moines, New Mexico

Capulin Volcano

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Nature reclaims Pohoiki Rd.

Pāhoa, Hawaii

Puna End of the Road

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

Big Island Lava Flow

Pāhoa, Hawaii

Big Island Lava Flow

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Raëlian UFO Peace Park

Pāhoa, Hawaii

Raëlian UFO Peace Park

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

Black Sand Beach

Hawaii

Punalu'u Black Sand Beach

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The green sand on Papakōlea.

Naalehu, Hawaii

Papakōlea Beach

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

Waiānuenue (Rainbow Falls).

Hilo, Hawaii

Waiānuenue (Rainbow Falls)

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Kaumana Lava Tubes

Hilo, Hawaii

Kaumana Lava Tubes

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Mauna Kea Observatory

Hilo, Hawaii

Mauna Kea

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

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