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The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.

Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

This old army installation has worn many hats throughout its history.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.