An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

The magic's in the hole!

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

The world's longest known cave system.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

The whole world in one water tank.

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.