The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

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

A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

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

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

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

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

These old doors are covered in the signatures of Rehoboth Beach artists dating back to the 1930s.

WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.