Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

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

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

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

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.