Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.

Annual Easter display made up of thousands of hand-painted eggs.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.