This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

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

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.