This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

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

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.