These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.

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

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

Small rustic cabin nested in the mountains of Killington, Vermont.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

One car at a time please.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.