The American rainmaker and a burst dam.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.

This nonsensical smiling boat shuttles passengers between two places they could've easily walked between.

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

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

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

For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.