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This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Intricate storybook scenes are tucked inside these shadow boxes, which are tucked inside a library in the Pocono Mountains.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

A pair of 19th-century granite markers symbolically record where the state boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania intersect.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

A journey to a hand-crafted island involves a trip across this lattice bridge.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

Original factory of John G. Borden who started what we know today known as Borden Dairy.

Famed activist Hellen Keller was involved in the operation and administration of this vacation home for blind women starting in the early 20th century.