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Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

One of Alaska's most significant ancient sites, spanning millennia and cultures, is right under the feet of some famously fat bears.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.