Thiells, New York
Letchworth Village
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
Ovid, New York
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
This notorious Canadian mental institution was home to some of the first LSD experiments and origin of the word "psychedelic."
Exeter, Rhode Island
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.
Wilmington, Delaware
The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.
Spring House, Pennsylvania
A museum of anything and everything Stooge.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American axe throwing club.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.
Saint Paul, Alberta
Canadian centennial project designed to gather information about UFOs.
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Donora, Pennsylvania
A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Elberta, Alabama
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.