Queens, New York
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
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Queens, New York
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
Staten Island, New York
This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.
Queens, New York
Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.
Brooklyn, New York
Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.
Bermuda
The world's smallest drawbridge.
Bermuda
In Bermuda, this formal naval residence has become a go-to for cliff-jumpers and hikers.
Bermuda
The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.
Bermuda
The final resting place for Bermuda's British military, including a man who died of sunstroke.
Bermuda
Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Milford, Pennsylvania
One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.
Essington, Pennsylvania
North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
A cemetery that holds graves for the forgotten children of a burned orphanage.
Piscataway, New Jersey
A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.
Weehawken, New Jersey
The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.
Bronx, New York
Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.
Bronx, New York
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
New York, New York
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.