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

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

Designed to serve primarily the Maharaja, this is an interesting variation on the traditional stepped well.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

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

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

Giant papier mache hog sits on private property.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

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

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

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

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

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

The biggest exposition of dental equipement in Europe. And a Mummy.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.