Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.