A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.