The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.