A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

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