San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

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

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

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

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

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

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.