St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

Here be dragons.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.