Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

The birthplace of this Gilded Age celebrity, opera singer, suffragette, and shipwreck survivor has been turned into a museum celebrating her fascinating life.

This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.

The location of the pie company that gave a classic toy its name is now a parking lot.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

Descendants of this colonial Pennsylvania family still travel from far and wide to visit the 300-year-old home of their Quaker ancestors.

Local history on display in Indiana's first Carnegie Library.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Meant for a railway that was never built because of the Great Chicago Fire, these piers still stand nearly 150 years after they were installed.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

A unique outdoor timepiece at a "clothing-optional" resort.