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

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

New York's oldest magic store.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.