A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

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