This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.