Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

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

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.