A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

A historic hotel with many stories of haunted activity.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.

A replica of a fort built from a frontier town's mass hysteria in the face of false reports of impending Native American violence.

Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

A private home collection of more than 3,500 cat figurines.

The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

A classic theatre located along a desolate Montana road.

Louisiana's tallest waterfall is only a short hike away from the middle of nowhere.

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

This prehistoric karst cave is situated near a working ranch and historic warm springs.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.