An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

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

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

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

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

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.