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A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.