A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.