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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The magic's in the hole!

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

A replica that won't float away.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

What is the Thing?

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.