Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.