L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.