Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

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

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

America's first public mental health facility.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.