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Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.