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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.