From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

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.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.