This "sausage route" features gorgeous views and family-owned restaurants.

This small fort played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city.

An unnatural lake in a naturally beautiful setting.

The crumbling remnants of this 19th-century quarantine hospital hint at the touristy island's darker past.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Inside the Bangor International Airport is a collection of military challenge coins.

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.