New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
New York, New York
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Cooperstown, New York
A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Townsend, Tennessee
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
New York, New York
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Lakehurst, New Jersey
The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.