Tailem Bend, Australia
Old Tailem Town
This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.
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Tailem Bend, Australia
This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.
Buffalo, New York
Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
Linwood, New Jersey
This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.
Gallipolis, Ohio
The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Hammonton, New Jersey
In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.
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.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.
Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Bayonne, New Jersey
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.
Staten Island, New York
This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.
Staten Island, New York
Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.