A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

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

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This is one really big nut.

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

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

This 100-foot tall tombstone memorializes victims of 40 years of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.