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

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

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