Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

Mexican food and folk art.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.