A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

A building so large that it has its own weather.