A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

This subterranean studio is filled with fascinating kinetic art.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.