A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

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

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.