Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.