A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.