A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

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

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.