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This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.