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

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The longest-covered bridge in the state of Maryland.

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The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

America's smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.