Chicago, Illinois
Tiffany Dome
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
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Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
Brooklyn, New York
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
New York, New York
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.