The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

A 10-foot-tall concrete Alley Oop statue left over from World War II now stands on the side of the road.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.