Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.