A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

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

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

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

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.