The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.