Farmingdale, New Jersey
Land of the Lost
Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
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Farmingdale, New Jersey
Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.
Staatsburg, New York
An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.
Little Falls, New York
Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.
Speculator, New York
The great American road trip, but smaller.
Lake George, New York
This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.
Lake George, New York
This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.
Saratoga Springs, New York
The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.
Saratoga Springs, New York
A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.
Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Bolton, New York
An Adirondacks museum housed in the former studio of Marcella Sembrich, the 19th century opera star most famous for her role of Mimi in "La Boheme."
Lake George, New York
A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.
Lake George, New York
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
New Paltz, New York
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
New Paltz, New York
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
Monroe, New York
Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Rhinebeck, New York
The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.
Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
Rosendale, New York
This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
Alpine, New Jersey
Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.