Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

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

The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

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