This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

"May the force be with you always."

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.