Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.