At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."