An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

This early 20th-century rural drinking fountain provides water for both horses and humans.

This tiny Minnesota city tried to secede from the Union as a last-ditch effort to fix its crumbling water system.

A garden full of metal sculptures that celebrate the double bass.

From burial ground bocce ball court.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.