Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.