Places Edited by michaelnhartman

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

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

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.