Monterey, California
Doc Ricketts Memorial
Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.
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Monterey, California
Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.
Monterey, California
Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Pacific Grove, California
Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."
Pacific Grove, California
The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.
Milford, Pennsylvania
One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.
New York, New York
This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.
New York, New York
This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.
Parksville, New York
This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Pacific Grove, California
Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.
Monterey, California
One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.
Monterey, California
The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.
Clifton, New Jersey
Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Stonington, Connecticut
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
Carlstadt, New Jersey
Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.
Stony Point, New York
Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.
Tuxedo Park, New York
The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.
Morristown, New Jersey
A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.