This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.