In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

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

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.