A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The childhood home of the legendary blues guitarist and singer.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

The gambling entrepreneur who built a city was also an avid collector of classic cars.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.