Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

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

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

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.