Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court, and it's not the first one.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

This space rock fragment is one of the only meteors to have ever struck a human.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.