The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.