A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.