Griswold, Connecticut
Jewett City Vampires
The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.
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Griswold, Connecticut
The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.
Waterford, Connecticut
Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.
Groton, Connecticut
The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.
Providence, Rhode Island
A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.
Upton, Massachusetts
This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.
Eastham, Massachusetts
The Cape Cod house that whaling built.
Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Marietta, Ohio
At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Hillsboro, Ohio
How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?
Chillicothe, Ohio
The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.
Ray, Ohio
A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
A eight-foot-tall statue resides in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country.
Coplay, Pennsylvania
The lasting remains of the region's once booming cement industry.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Pine Swamp, Pennsylvania
A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Elka Park, New York
An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.