A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.