The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

The only United States mine for magnesium carbonate has been operating continuously since the 1930s.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

This piece of early engineering is rather unknown despite its location in the heart of Madrid.