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

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

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

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

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

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