A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.