Chester, New Jersey
Cooper's Mill
A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.
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Chester, New Jersey
A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.
Glen Gardner, New Jersey
A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.
Oyster Bay, New York
Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.
Sands Point, New York
An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.
Stamford, Connecticut
Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.
Menlo Park, California
A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Peekskill, New York
Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.
Tomkins Cove, New York
Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.
Belleville, Wisconsin
Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.
Ocean Grove, New Jersey
A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.
Bridgewater, New Jersey
American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.
Vineland, New Jersey
This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.
Lakehurst, New Jersey
The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.
Red Hook, New York
A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.
Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
New York, New York
Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
Hobart, New York
This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.
Brooklyn, New York
Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.
New York, New York
The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.