The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

New York's oldest magic store.