The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

This memorial is dedicated to a once popular but now defunct discount Shrewsbury department store.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

One of the few remaining water-driven tool shops, originally built in 1911.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."