Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

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

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

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

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

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.

A local prank turned town icon.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.