This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

A science teacher's dream.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.