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

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.