This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Art and a pun, all in one.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.