This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The last of its kind in the country.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.