Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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

The magic's in the hole!

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.