Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

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

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.