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Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

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

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

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.