Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
The world's longest known cave system.
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Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
Sullivan, Missouri
400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Edgewood, Iowa
Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.
Brainerd, Minnesota
This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.
Yellville, Arkansas
The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Garden, Michigan
This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Mexico City, Mexico
Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.
Vail, Arizona
Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.
Washington, D.C.
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
Lucas, Kansas
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Sugarcreek, Ohio
Remnants of 19th century vigilante justice.
Boston, Massachusetts
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
Stonington, Connecticut
How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.