A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.