This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.