"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

What is the Thing?

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.