Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

New York's oldest magic store.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

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.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.