The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

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

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

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

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

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

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.