On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.