The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

The Cold War-era "underground Pentagon" is a sprawling subterranean hideaway for the Defense Department.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

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

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

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

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

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

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

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

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

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

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

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.