A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

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

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

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

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.