In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.