A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.