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Prospectors dig for diamonds

Murfreesboro, Arkansas

Crater of Diamonds State Park

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Frying Pan Tower.

Southport, North Carolina

Frying Pan Tower

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

Asheville's weekly drum circle in Pritchard Park.

Asheville, North Carolina

Pritchard Park Drum Circle

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Great Channels of Virginia

Saltville, Virginia

Great Channels of Virginia

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Turkey Point Lighthouse

North East, Maryland

Turkey Point Lighthouse

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

Telephone Pole Farm

Chester Township, New Jersey

Telephone Pole Farm

A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.

Hellam Township
Permanently Closed

Hellam, Pennsylvania

Hellam Township

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

The sluice leading to the mill wheel leaks profusely, creating an ice cave underneath the scaffolding from around December to February. (Joel Simpson/Atlas Obscura)

Chester, New Jersey

Cooper's Mill

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

Jenny Jump State Forest

Hope, New Jersey

Jenny Jump State Forest

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

Any kids dream to have this many toy cars.

Newfield, New Jersey

Matchbox Road Museum

Thousands of Matchbox cars spanning generations call this New Jersey barn home.

Paulinskill Viaduct

Columbia, New Jersey

Paulinskill Viaduct

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.

Historic Walnford

Allentown, New Jersey

Historic Walnford

Inside Crosswicks Creek Park resides an estate chronicling 200 years of history.

Big Mine Run Geyser

Ashland, Pennsylvania

Big Mine Run Geyser

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

Eckley Miners' Village

Weatherly, Pennsylvania

Eckley Miners' Village

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

Slate gravestone written in Welsh, Slateville Presbyterian Church, Delta, PA

Delta, Pennsylvania

Peach Bottom Slate

The slate extracted from these Pennsylvania quarries was once hailed as the finest in the world.

Decoys

Havre de Grace, Maryland

Havre de Grace Decoy Museum

The Decoy Capital of the World.

Mahoning Drive-In Theater

Lehighton, Pennsylvania

Mahoning Drive-In Theater

Featuring the largest CinemaScope screen in Pennsylvania, this drive-in has entertained moviegoers for more than half a century.

The crystal ball on display in the Penn Museum.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The 'Dowager Empress' Crystal Ball

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

Abandoned Thomas Iron Ruins
Permanently Closed

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania

Abandoned Thomas Iron Ruins

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

A wheelchair in the abandoned building

Glen Gardner, New Jersey

Abandoned Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

The original project, the Millennium Folk Arch

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Lehigh Millennium Folk Arch

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

Rainbow Tomatoes Garden

East Greenville, Pennsylvania

Rainbow Tomatoes Garden

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

The Sonorous Stones of Ringing Rocks Park

Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania

The Sonorous Stones of Ringing Rocks Park

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Northlandz

Flemington, New Jersey

Northlandz

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

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