Aletrail

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

This is not your typical jungle gym.