Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

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

An artificial tree in the University of Connecticut greenhouses holds a collection of orchids, mosses, and other tropical epiphytic plants.

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

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

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.