This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

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

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.