Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."