"Polynesia on the Plains."

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Glacial lake that mysteriously empties itself every year.

Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.