Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

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

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

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