For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

The smallest country in the world.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.