Places LuridExplorer Wants to Go

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

Randy Senna's Fascination and retro arcade is home to the last Fascination game in New Jersey, and one of seven remaining as of 2021.

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.

Destructive children, start your engines.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.