This former INS center is now home to a thriving community of artists, from performers to painters to architects.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

A cityscape of burial tombs that you can easily lose yourself in.

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.