This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.