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This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

Inside this shop, visitors are treated to a unique blend of natural history and art.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.