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

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.