This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

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

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

What is the Thing?

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

A small town museum celebrates the history of the Ohio county that produced Annie Oakley and other famous figures.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?