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

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

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

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.