An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

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

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.