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Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

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

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

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.