"Try not to knock anything over!"

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

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

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

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.