The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.