The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.