See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

The start of the group that straightened the teeth of a nation.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This theme park is not in Tokyo, not especially German, and certainly not a village.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.