The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.