Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.