The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A palace destined to never house a king.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

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

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.