"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

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.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.