A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

An Americana dreamscape.

A community-funded monument to kindness in the face of life's difficulties.

A tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

A clubhouse for film lovers that turns uncommon cinema into community in East Austin

A former post office turned venue, food hall, and retail center.

Two James Beard Award-winning chefs are putting their own spin on Filipino favorites in a food market stall.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

The statue, located at a mansion-turned-emancipation museum, honors Galveston’s history as the birthplace of Juneteenth.

This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.