It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Bizarre Cavern.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.