A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

In this breathtaking canyon, crocodiles bask on boulders and glide through the murky waters.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

The only international border marker within the United States.