Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.