This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

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

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A local prank turned town icon.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.