An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.