An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

A shrine dedicated to the sacred white snakes of Iwakuni, whose albinism has been passed down for generations.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.