White Lake, New York
White Lake Mansion House Ruins
These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.
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White Lake, New York
These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.
Liberty, New York
This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
Alpena, Michigan
This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Antarctica
One of the world's southernmost bars.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.
Queens, New York
Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.
Howland Island
The ruins of a lighthouse on the island Amelia Earhart never reached.
New York, New York
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
Independence Township, New Jersey
This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Dedham, Massachusetts
The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Velarde, New Mexico
A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.
Los Angeles, California
Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.
Warren, Ohio
This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.
Seattle, Washington
An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.
Rimouski, Québec
This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.