Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."

This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.

One man's goal to be surrounded by color resulted in this enchanting assortment of avian abodes.

The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

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.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.