Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

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

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

This museum dedicated to the famous comedy duo is located in the town where Stan Laurel was born.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.