A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.