Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

The world's longest known cave system.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.