Beacon, New York
Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
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Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
New York, New York
A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.
New York, New York
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
New York, New York
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
New York, New York
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
Gibsland, Louisiana
The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.
Chedglow, England
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
New York, New York
The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.
New York, New York
This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.
New York, New York
This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Hudson, New York
A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.
Catskill, New York
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Union, West Virginia
This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Bangkok, Thailand
At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.
Lumberton, North Carolina
Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers
Creswell, North Carolina
This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.
Trenton, Maine
Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.