The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The saddest little diner in New York.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

After surviving abandonment, this powerful Latin American mural is alive again.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Here be dragons.