L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

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

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

Known as "The Dome" this is the world's largest open air geodesic dome.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

A unique outdoor timepiece at a "clothing-optional" resort.

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.