Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

Week-long festival in the baby food capital of the world.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."