This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”