Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.