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

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

An outdoor installation of 20 vintage signs that once hung in front of businesses throughout town.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.