Wheeling, West Virginia
Mount Wood Castle and Cemetery
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
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Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
Atlanta, Georgia
A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.
Decatur, Georgia
Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.
Atlanta, Georgia
Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.
Marietta, Georgia
An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.
Huntsville, Alabama
What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Nashville, Tennessee
The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Maywood, Illinois
A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Geneva, Illinois
This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.
Addison, Illinois
Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.
Chicago, Illinois
This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Chicago, Illinois
A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.
Gardner, Illinois
This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.