Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.