A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

A rare forest habitat nestled behind two sand dunes.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

The only mine for rare earth elements in the United States has been intermittently active since the 1950s.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

This wooden statue commemorates a man who spent nearly 40 years waving hello to the people of Laguna Beach.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.