This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Restored historic buildings, machinery, and a Mediterranean garden tell the story of a vibrant multicultural neighborhood in the heart of Tampa.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

A different kind of swan princess.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.