One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

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

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.