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

This theme park is not in Tokyo, not especially German, and certainly not a village.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.