All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

A beautifully designed asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center with a ghost story or two.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.

Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.

A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.