Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

The history and future of cannabis.

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

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.

Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A building so large that it has its own weather.