This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

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

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

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

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

America's first public mental health facility.

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

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

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

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

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

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

The ruins of an old mill lie in a small ravine along a hiking trail near Little Seneca Creek.