Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.