Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

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

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.