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

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The magic's in the hole!

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.