Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.