Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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