This soaring sculpture and Sioux Falls landmark represents the leap of faith taken to make one's dreams come true.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Spend the night in this former asylum for the incurably insane, which claims to be one of the most haunted places in the United States.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

Hundreds of painted rocks dazzle this small beach where adding your own is encouraged.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

A small shop filled with history, mystery, folklore, and more.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

A Native American petroglyph, the site of an emigrants' waystation, and the ruins of an early 20th-century sheep camp are all found at this crossroads.

A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.