One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A sprawling museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Feast on contemporary Filipino cuisine in a chef’s backyard.

In her ancestral home, one chef preserves ancient Filipino recipes and serves up traditional, home-cooked food to history-loving foodies.

Bohol's mysterious brown hills.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

A stone memorial erected for New Hampshire's only convicted witch.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.