The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.