What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This former psychiatric hospital was once one of the largest in Australia.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.