A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

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

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.