Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

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

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.