The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.