This museum is dedicated to the history and design of purses.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

Art blooms at this unique outdoor gallery along the banks of the Arkansas River.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

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."

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.

This short-lived tea and silk farm is believed to be the first permanent Japanese settlement in North America.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

This rooftop sign has been confusing Milwaukee-bound airline passengers for decades.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.