This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.