The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

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

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.