San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The world's longest known cave system.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.