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

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.