Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.