Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

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

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

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

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.