L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.