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This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

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

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

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

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

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

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

A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.