Weston, West Virginia
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
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Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Morehead, Kentucky
Bizarre and inspired combination store selling only two items: tires and bibles.
Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Rockville, Maryland
The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.
Boyds, Maryland
This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.
Thurmont, Maryland
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Baltimore, Maryland
This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Ellicott City, Maryland
An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
Baltimore, Maryland
This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.
Gladbrook, Iowa
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
Lucas, Kansas
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
Lynn, Massachusetts
At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.
Monowi, Nebraska
America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.
Michigan City, Indiana
A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.
Chesterton, Indiana
The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.