This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Campus sculpture has earned a reputation for responding to the hopes and dreams of those passing by.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.