A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.