An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.