This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A local prank turned town icon.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.