A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

This Boy Scout retreat acted as "Friday the 13th"'s original Camp Crystal Lake.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

An enormous overgrown greenhouse teeming with graffiti and wildlife.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.