In Cold Spring, New York, a shrine containing Godzilla and an assortment of plastic dinosaurs stands dedicated to a teenager who died in a car accident in 1996.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

Step back in time at this historic variety store, packed with items from a bygone era.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.

A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

A 1,000-foot-long railroad tunnel under Shavers Fork connected the towns during West Virginia's logging boom until its closure in 1985.

True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.

In 1869, Swiss and German immigrants settled in this small town in the mountains of West Virginia.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.

A 21-foot-tall statue of a miner made of scrap metal stands in this West Virginia coal town.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.