The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

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

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

The largest 19th century panorama in the world still in-situ.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.