The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

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

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.