The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Remnants of 19th century vigilante justice.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

The legacy of baseball great Roberto Clemente is preserved in a retired Pittsburgh fire station.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

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

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.