The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

This is one really big nut.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

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

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

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.