Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

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

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.