Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

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

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

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

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

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

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

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.