Middletown, Connecticut
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A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
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Middletown, Connecticut
A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Heath, Massachusetts
A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.
New York, New York
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Velarde, New Mexico
A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Athens, Georgia
After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.
Washington, D.C.
A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.
Farmington, Connecticut
These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.
Sanford, North Carolina
An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
Big Pool, Maryland
A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.
Bristol, Rhode Island
The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Boston, Massachusetts
The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
Danvers, Massachusetts
This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
New York, New York
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
Winnabow, North Carolina
From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
New York, New York
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.