This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

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.

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 menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.