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

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.

What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?

The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.