Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.