Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

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

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.