One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

Tucked away behind an unassuming set of shops is a must-see series of stunning murals.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

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

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

The final resting place of Captain William Becknell, the Old West frontiersman who forged the Santa Fe Trail.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.