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Hell House Altar
Permanently Closed

Ellicott City, Maryland

St. Mary's College

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

Landenberg, Pennsylvania

Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.

Big Apple Time Capsule

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Big Apple Time Capsule

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

Glen Rock

Glen Rock, New Jersey

Glen Rock

The 570-ton boulder that gave a New Jersey town its name.

Corning Museum of Glass

Corning, New York

Corning Museum of Glass

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

Fallingwater over the falls

Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Fallingwater

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

.Entrance

Austinville, Virginia

Shot Tower Historic State Park

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

South of the Border

Hamer, South Carolina

South of the Border

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

DeJarnette Sanitarium.
Permanently Closed

Staunton, Virginia

Abandoned DeJarnette Sanitarium

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Reighard's Gold Star Service Station

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Reighard's Gold Star Service Station

A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.

Leap-The-Dips

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Leap-The-Dips

Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.

Concrete City
Permanently Closed

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania

Concrete City

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

From the base of the creek

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Seven Tubs at Pinchot State Forest

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.

Bube's Brewery & Catacombs

Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

Bube's Brewery & Catacombs

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Centralia.

Centralia, Pennsylvania

Centralia Ghost Town Church

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Byrnesville

Ashland, Pennsylvania

Byrnesville

An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.

The Ashland Mother's Memorial honors the bygone days of coal mining.

Ashland, Pennsylvania

Ashland Mother's Memorial

A eight-foot-tall statue resides in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country.

Big Mine Run Geyser

Ashland, Pennsylvania

Big Mine Run Geyser

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

Abandoned Wonder Bread Factory

Buffalo, New York

Abandoned Wonder Bread Factory

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

Eternal Flame Falls at Chestnut Ridge County Park

Orchard Park, New York

Eternal Flame Falls at Chestnut Ridge County Park

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Assateague Island

Berlin, Maryland

Assateague Island

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Merman.

Fenwick Island, Delaware

Discoversea Shipwreck Museum

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

Miles the Monster

Dover, Delaware

Miles the Monster

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

Rehoboth Beach Temperance Fountain

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Rehoboth Beach Temperance Fountain

Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.

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