Eureka Springs, Arkansas
The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
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Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
Boston, Massachusetts
The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Norfolk, Virginia
One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.
Kansas City, Missouri
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Cedar Creek, Texas
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.