Stratford, Connecticut
The American Shakespeare Festival Theatre Site
Markets and festivals take place at this former home of a 1,500-seat theater, which burned to the ground in 2019.
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Stratford, Connecticut
Markets and festivals take place at this former home of a 1,500-seat theater, which burned to the ground in 2019.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Dunmore, Scotland
A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The remnants of a facade from a 19th-century market stall emporium.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Meriden, Connecticut
Home of the Daffodil Festival, Castle Craig, and a ghostly hound.
New York, New York
Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.
Catskill, New York
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
New Haven, Connecticut
An artist of the American Revolution is entombed beneath the Yale art gallery he founded.
Boston, Massachusetts
The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.
Taunton, Massachusetts
This historic psychiatric hospital is haunted by its chilling past.
Lilly, Pennsylvania
This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.
Corning, New York
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
Roscoe, New York
A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.
Sheffield, Massachusetts
The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.
St. Louis, Missouri
A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.
St. Louis, Missouri
Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.