Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

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

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

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

An original apothecary from 1792.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

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

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.