This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.