Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

The Real LegoLand.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.