Brattleboro, Vermont
Retreat Tower
Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
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Brattleboro, Vermont
Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.
Frackville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
New Castle, Pennsylvania
This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.
Kennerdell, Pennsylvania
An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.
Archbald, Pennsylvania
It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.
Lehighton, Pennsylvania
Featuring the largest CinemaScope screen in Pennsylvania, this drive-in has entertained moviegoers for more than half a century.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Pittston, Pennsylvania
The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.