Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.