The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The magic's in the hole!

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.