This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

The former home of a disgraced local priest now hosts a mysterious secret supper club.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

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

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.