Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.