A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Antiques by the Bay.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

World's largest Christmas store.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

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

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

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.