A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

An underwater city for the dead.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The clock that sets them all.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.