Los Angeles, California
Templo Santa Muerte
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
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Los Angeles, California
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Issaquah, Washington
A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.
Staten Island, New York
The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Los Angeles, California
This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
Laguna Beach, California
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.