This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.