This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

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

"Polynesia on the Plains."

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.