A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

Thousands of Matchbox cars spanning generations call this New Jersey barn home.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

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

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

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

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

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

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.