Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

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

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

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

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.