One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A man's home is his castle.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

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

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

America's first public mental health facility.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.