Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

In Midtown Atlanta, tons of marble appears to be devouring a Fiat Panda at this unique art installation.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

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

This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.

Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.