The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.