These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

These abandoned ruins in the middle of Jaffna have withstood centuries of tumultuous power struggles.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."