This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Once the extravagant escape of the Ford family, this enigmatic ruin now stands as a haunting reminder of its former glory.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.