The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

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

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.