A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The smallest country in the world.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.