The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

Home to fossils and other specimens from the Western Interior Seaway.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

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

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.