This waterfront restaurant was the life of the party until a crime syndicate burned it to the ground.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

This landmark vessel dry-berthed in Tacoma's harbor served in emergencies and ceremonies for more than 50 years.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.