The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

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

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.