One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

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

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

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

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This huge 12-foot concrete moose on the coast of Nova Scotia is the grandest of the sculptor's giant creatures.

A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

Twice a day, the water of the Petitcodiac River flows upstream in a surfable wave.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.