Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

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

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.