This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.

Along a busy beachfront strip you may hear Frank Sinatra singing from one boardwalk home.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.