One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.