Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

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.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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