This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.