This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

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

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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