New York, New York
Chester A. Arthur Inauguration and Death House
The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.
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New York, New York
The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.
Danville, Vermont
Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.
Washington, D.C.
The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.
Tabernacle, New Jersey
Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."
Boiceville, New York
Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.
Waltham, Massachusetts
Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.
Toronto, Ontario
Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.
Dover Plains, New York
This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.
Concord, North Carolina
The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.
York, Maine
New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.
Monkton, Maryland
This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.
Jonesport, Maine
The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.
Trenton, New Jersey
One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Hartford, Connecticut
This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Antonito, Colorado
The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.
New York, New York
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.