This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

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.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

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.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.