A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.