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An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.