Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Mine your own precious stones.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

One tree's homage to soles past and present.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.