Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

A steamer run aground near Bimini lives a second life as a playground for scuba divers.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The largest drain hole in the world.