Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

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

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The remains of a hospital ravaged by fire, once a progressive place of innovations for disabled children.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.