A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Outsider Art Community.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

An urban laboratory.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.