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

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

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

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

Bizarre Cavern.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

The whole world in one water tank.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

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

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

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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