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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.