This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

Reputedly the smallest jail in North America.

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

This extensive nuclear fallout shelter built from 42 school buses could house 500 people in its tunnels.

Canada's oldest sugar maple has been growing since around 1500.

A 1975 bylaw prohibits the construction of any building that would block the view of this Gothic Revival church.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

An arresting temple full of mosaics as colorful as the politician they memorialize.

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.