Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.

A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

A vast landscape of craters created by meteorites.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.

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