Dallas, Texas
Thanks-Giving Square
A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.
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Dallas, Texas
A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.
Washington, D.C.
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
Waterford, Connecticut
Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.
Salem, Oregon
An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
Brooklyn, New York
Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.
Los Angeles, California
The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Los Angeles, California
World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.
McLean, Virginia
A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.
Bodfish, California
One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.
Medfield, Massachusetts
Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Bear Creek, North Carolina
A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.
Cherry Log, Georgia
An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.