Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The world's largest rotating world.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.