Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.