New Orleans, Louisiana
The Gates of Guinee
According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.
Denver, Colorado
Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Mitchell, Oregon
Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Williston, Florida
This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Los Angeles, California
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.