Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

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

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.