This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.