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

One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

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

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

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

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.