A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

The smallest country in the world.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.