Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.

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

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.