World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

Beautiful views of the surrounding hills and birds of prey can be found at this sanctuary.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.