An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

A tree full of wishes and footwear.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

A beautifully designed asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center with a ghost story or two.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

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