This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.