This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.

The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.