Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Peak named for an old man who liked to run in the nude.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

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

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

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The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.