Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

An original apothecary from 1792.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.