The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.