The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruous in rural Vermont.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

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

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.

Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.