Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

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

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

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

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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