On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

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

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

Examine the impact of the horse on Great Plains culture through exhibits on ranching, rodeo, and the Native American way of life.