A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The smallest country in the world.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

This is one really big nut.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

This airstrip atoll is uninhabited by humans, but absolutely full of birds.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".