Tour the Point Fermin Lighthouse in San Pedro, which was built in 1874, to learn about its history and the families who ran it.

Writer’s teenage daughter wanted to stay in the storied Manhattan hotel after reading about it in Patti Smith’s memoir.

Tours, historically significant sites and memorials help visitors gain greater appreciation for the pain that many have experienced.

The history of the Arvada area began in 1850, when Lewis Ralston discovered gold a few miles to the east in Clear Creek. The town, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was established 20 years later.

“It ebbs and flows between periods of highly tactile and interactive exhibit pieces and fully immersive photo opportunities where you yourself become the paradox and walk away with some really fun and unique social media content,” said executive director Samantha Impellizeri of the 11,000-square-foot museum and its 70-plus exhibits.

Among them: high-altitude waffles, beastly encounters and real-life cowboys.

Tourists are willing to shell out to see the sites of mob hits, serial killer trails and missing persons cases.

The success of the concept — also in Charlotte and Cleveland — hinges on the skills of a rotating set of comedians who typically have backgrounds in improv and stand-up comedy as well as a script that can be thrown out the window when necessary, making every tour distinct.

Part Airbnb, part cat sanctuary, Purradise Springs offers animal lovers a unique stay in Fort White, Fla.

“During our travels in Europe, we would stay in these nice villas and estates in the south of France and realized these should exist in the U.S.,” says Ezra Glass, co-founder of LXIV Group, of the circa-1840 Georgetown Manse estate, which the company purchased in 2022. “We wanted to combine that feeling of being in a grand estate with all the privacy, security, space and everything else you get in those home-style comforts with the services of really nice five-star hotels. It’s very infrequent that you get both.”