The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.