A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

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

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The loneliest island in New York.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

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

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

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

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world's most famous paranormal investigators.

The final resting place of a circus performer who went by the pseudonym "General Tom Thumb."

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.