A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.