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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

A unique work of outsider art sourced from scrap metals and signifies conservation.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.