This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Antiques by the Bay.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

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

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.