Mansfield, Ohio
Ohio State Reformatory
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
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Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Western Shore, Nova Scotia
Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
London, England
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
Ballygalley, Northern Ireland
The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.
Adelaide, Australia
These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.
Glenside, Australia
A perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.
Murray Bridge, Australia
An animatronic tribute to a legendary half-man, half-fish creature.
Tailem Bend, Australia
This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.