Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.