The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.