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

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

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

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

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

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.