This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.