In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

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

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

The world's best collection to gauge whether or not you should wear a scarf outside.