This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

A humble ode to the heroic air rescue efforts of the United States Coast Guard serving on the Great Lakes.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.