The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

This non-binary preacher formed a religious movement in the region of New York later known as the “Burned-Over District.”

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

A reproduction of a giant humanoid "fossil," a hoax buried locally for construction crews to find and gain national attention.

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

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

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

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.