The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

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

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

A local prank turned town icon.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

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

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

A beautifully designed asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center with a ghost story or two.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

This Frank Lloyd Wright summer house was designed along Lake Erie as a retreat for a client's wife.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.