Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.