There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

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

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

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

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.