A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.