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Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

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

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

While filling up your gas tank in eastern Kentucky, you just might stumble into this collection of country music memorabilia.