An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

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

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.