Places kheimlicher Wants to Go

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This bottle-shaped monument pays tribute to the Appalachian drink that changed the pace of human life.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

Visit the grave of America's most prominent paranormal investigators and self-proclaimed demonologists.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.