A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.