On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

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

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.