Massive crater in central Oregon.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.