Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

This park built on a former fortress has a reputation for romance.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.