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

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.