An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Marikina's record-breaking loafers.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

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

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

A lonely house representing railroad history tells the stories of those who rode the rails.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

Mexican food and folk art.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.