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

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

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

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This creative sculpture was a way to "recycle" an old tree.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.