A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.