This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

An industrial waste tourist attraction.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

These unique rock formations were created during the Ice Age.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

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

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

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

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

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

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.