The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

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

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

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

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.