A local prank turned town icon.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A museum dedicated to a unique ecosystem.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.