A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

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

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.