Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.