In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

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.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This former zinc operation has a 90-year toxic history.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

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

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.