A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

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

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.