A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.