Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.