A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

Mine your own precious stones.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.