This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.