One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

It would be a crime to miss it.