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You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

The second largest maple syrup producer in the U.S. runs a high-tech operation.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.