The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

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

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.