When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

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