The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 book shares a surprising connection with El Salvador.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.