An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

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

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

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.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

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."

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

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

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.