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

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

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

The world's largest rotating world.

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

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

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.