When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Evidence from a brutal 1880s murder is on display at this former infirmary house.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.