The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.

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

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

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

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

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

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

Connecticut sites linked to the only trial to ever use demonic possession as a criminal defense.

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

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

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground