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

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

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

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.