An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.