Places Edited by Eric Grundhauser

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

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

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.