A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

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

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

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

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.