An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!