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Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

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

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.