A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.