Created as a coal reserve, it is today a natural park with stunning wildflowers, ancient marine fossils, and remnants of a 19th century mine.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.