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

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

The clock that sets them all.