A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.