This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.

The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.