Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

An unusual assortment of steerable wooden sleds is on display in a library in New Jersey where they were first invented.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

A historic Black graveyard hidden in the parking lot of one of America's largest malls.

Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Haven for steampunks.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.