The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.