This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

The residents of this ominous-sounding street in Pennsylvania liked its name so much they fought to keep it.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.