Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A mysterious, weather-beaten bus lies on the coast of Harris, enticing the curious to investigate.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

The last of its kind in the country.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.