Schroon Lake, New York
Frontier Town
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
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Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Cave City, Kentucky
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.
Moab, Utah
It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.
Great Meadows, New Jersey
A small cave hidden deep within the Jenny Jump State Forest.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
A smaller model of the Da Vinci sculpture that took 500 years to come to life.
Emmaus, Pennsylvania
A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.
Edisto Island, South Carolina
This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.
Charleston, South Carolina
Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
An aviation relic that made coast-to-coast travel possible.
San Jose, California
For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.
Winlock, Washington
The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Gaffney, South Carolina
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
Brea, California
A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.
Chatsworth, New Jersey
How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.
Grayling, Michigan
This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Carthage, Missouri
When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.