World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

An obelisk marks the exact center of the continent, as per the calculations of the legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.