A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.