This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.