In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

Bizarre Cavern.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.