Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.