The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

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

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

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

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.

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

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Something's watching you.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

This 11th-century structure is one of the oldest churches in Romania.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.