A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.