One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Happen to come across a dead eagle? Send it to America's official dead eagle warehouse.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.