These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.