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A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

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

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.