What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

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

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.