This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

Russian history in San Francisco.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.