One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.