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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

A cramped wooden attic that once housed one of the world's first movie studios.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!