Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

Yo, Adrian!

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.