An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.