Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

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

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

An automotive, farming machinery, and aviation museum located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada.