The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.