This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

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

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

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

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.