Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.