This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

The largest drain hole in the world.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

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

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

A popular 19th-century natural landmark is now hidden within a sprawling forest.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.