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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

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

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

What is the Thing?

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

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

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.