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Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

This historic Canadian jail was once the longest operating prison in the country and is now open for people to incarcerate themselves.

This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.

Despite its name this unique art piece was established to commemorate a tragic flood.

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.