The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

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

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.