Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Whydah Pirate Museum
This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.
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Plymouth, Massachusetts
National Monument to the Forefathers
Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pilgrim Hall Museum
This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.
Hamburg, New Jersey
Hamburg Paper Mill Ruins
Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.
Hamburg, New Jersey
Hamburg Stromatolites
An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.
Hamburg, New Jersey
The Gingerbread Castle
Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.
West Milford, New Jersey
Jungle Habitat
This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
Queens, New York
Calvary Cemetery
Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.
Queens, New York
La Guardia's Art Deco Marine Air Terminal
A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.
Queens, New York
Steinway Piano Factory
Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Headless Horseman Bridge
The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Hancock Shaker Village
Wander the sprawling living museum on the site of one of a 16th-century community.
Hyde Park, New York
The Hyde Park Vanderbilt Mansion
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Staatsburg, New York
Esopus Island
An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.
Red Hook, New York
Historic Village Diner
A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.
Kennebunkport, Maine
Seashore Trolley Museum
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Brookfield, Vermont
Floating Bridge of Brookfield, VT
One car at a time please.
Permanently Closed
Graniteville, Vermont
Rock of Ages Granite Quarry
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Barre, Vermont
Hope Cemetery
This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.
Lake George, New York
Lake George Mystery Spot
A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.
Permanently Closed
Lake George, New York
The Last Howard Johnson's
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
