The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

A historic hotel library in Indiana hides more than a few secrets on its shelves.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.