Ellicott City, Maryland
St. Mary's College
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
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Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Pittsford, New York
Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.
Dansville, New York
Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.
Ithaca, New York
This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.
Bluff Point, New York
One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.
Ithaca, New York
The library of every book lover's dreams.
Ithaca, New York
Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.
Ithaca, New York
In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.
Elmira, New York
The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.
Corning, New York
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
Cleveland, Ohio
The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.
Cleveland, Ohio
A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Vintondale, Pennsylvania
The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.
Winchester, Virginia
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.