San Diego, California
Villa Montezuma
A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.
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San Diego, California
A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Oaxaca, Mexico
In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Santa Rosa, California
A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.
San Francisco, California
A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Whitehall, Montana
The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.
Goleta, California
A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.