Alderson, West Virginia
Alderson Academy
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
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Alderson, West Virginia
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Summerville, Georgia
Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Cresco, Pennsylvania
These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Vintondale, Pennsylvania
The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.
Windber, Pennsylvania
An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.
Wheeling, West Virginia
The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.
Encarnación de Díaz, Mexico
An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.
Pearl River, Louisiana
Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.
Haughton, Louisiana
Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.
New Iberia, Louisiana
A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.