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

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

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

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

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

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

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

Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.