Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
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Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Los Angeles, California
World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
San Francisco, California
Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Queens, New York
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
San Francisco, California
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
Washington, D.C.
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Tucson, Arizona
The Magical World of George Phar Legler.
Calistoga, California
California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
Brooklyn, New York
A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Delray Beach, Florida
Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Herriman, Utah
A replica that won't float away.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.