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

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.