Petersburg, Virginia
The Tombstone House
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
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Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Beacon, New York
A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Salem, Massachusetts
Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.
Staten Island, New York
A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.
Staten Island, New York
The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.
Ovid, New York
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
Brentwood, New York
A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.
Roscoe, New York
A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Montreal, Québec
This 17th-century house was once the trading hub for two prominent Canadian fur barons.
Montreal, Québec
This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.
Montreal, Québec
This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.
Onsted, Michigan
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Somerville, Massachusetts
A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.
Pawling, New York
The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
East Gwillimbury, Ontario
An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.
New York, New York
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
Bankhead, Alberta
The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.