Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.