One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.

Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

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

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.