According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

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

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.