Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

A replica that won't float away.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

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

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

A science teacher's dream.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.