Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.