Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.