Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Ornate lobby of a police station is decorated with colorful murals by Augusto Giacometti.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

Supplies are schlepped up by llamas at this century-old inn, accessible only by hiking trails in the Great Smokies.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.