This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

The Real LegoLand.

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

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

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.