Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.