Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

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

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

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

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

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

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.