Places Edited by breaingram

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

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

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

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.