The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

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

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.