The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

A paradise hotel turned from opulent to overgrown.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

The tragic heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton built her seventh husband this Japanese-inspired palace in Mexico.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.