This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

The walls of the statehouse tell the story of Ohio’s prehistoric past.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

Inside this library turned museum, the history of Modesto and Stanislaus County is on full display.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

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

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.