This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Abstract marble carving for an 8.5-pound rock.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

Bizarre and inspired combination store selling only two items: tires and bibles.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.