The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

The last of its kind in the country.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.