These ruins of an octagonal stone school that was later used as an A.U.M.P. church exemplify a popular school design from the 1830s.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.