One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.