After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.