An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.