San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

A remote coral island with a gristly history of shipwreck, battles, and a horrendous war crime.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.