A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

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

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

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

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.