The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.