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

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The World's Largest Bull.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

In Cold Spring, New York, a shrine containing Godzilla and an assortment of plastic dinosaurs stands dedicated to a teenager who died in a car accident in 1996.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.