One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Looking for the train station? Try the building shaped like a train.

Two ogres stand guard at the Oga Visitor Center.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.