Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

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

The loneliest island in New York.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.