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This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

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

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.