Springfield, Massachusetts
Mason Park Basketball Monument
This site commemorates the birthplace of the game of basketball, invented by James Naismith in the winter of 1891.
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Springfield, Massachusetts
This site commemorates the birthplace of the game of basketball, invented by James Naismith in the winter of 1891.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Plainville, Connecticut
A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.
Independence Township, New Jersey
This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.
Bangor, Pennsylvania
This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands
This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Dover Plains, New York
This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.
North Adams, Massachusetts
The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.
Rutland, Massachusetts
The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.
South Hadley, Massachusetts
One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.
Peninsula, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.