Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

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

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

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.