An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.