This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The magic's in the hole!

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.

A natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.