Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

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

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.

Natural rock formations resembling monks in hats inspire folk legends.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

Japan and South Korea both lay claim to islands inhabited by one woman.

120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

A Korean village where times stands still.

Asia's largest limestone cave is home to a world of plastic goblins and gold mining history.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.