An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

This is one really big nut.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Because there's no place like home.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.