An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

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

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

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

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.