The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

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

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

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.