William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

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

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

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.