A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.