Estes Park, Colorado
The Stanley Hotel
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
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Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.
Lakewood, Colorado
Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.
Staten Island, New York
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.
New Haven, Connecticut
Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Windham, Connecticut
Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
East Granby, Connecticut
A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
Queens, New York
This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.
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.
Baltimore, Maryland
Walk through the history of American pop culture.
Boston, Massachusetts
This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.
Peabody, Massachusetts
Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.
Lynn, Massachusetts
A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.