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New York, New York

The Marine Grill Murals of the McAlpin Hotel

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
New York, New York

The Sugar House Prison Window

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
New Haven, Vermont

Grave of Timothy Clark Smith

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
Groton, Connecticut

Gungywamp

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Hancock, Maine

Pet Sematary Filming Sites

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
Wilmington, North Carolina

Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Added by tommiallen1
Weehawken, New Jersey

Weehawken Dueling Grounds

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.
steedjb Added by steedjb
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Hamilton Township, New Jersey

Grounds for Sculpture

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Added by geophile
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Chicago, Illinois

Livonian Wolves at the Leaping Wall

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.
Jeff Wagg Added by Jeff Wagg
New York, New York

The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
Sacramento, California

Patty Reed's Doll

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Truckee, California

Donner Party Artifacts

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Hull, Massachusetts

Fort Standish

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Hull, Massachusetts

The Murder Holes of Fort Warren

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."
kastoory Added by kastoory
Hull, Massachusetts

Hut of Refuge

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Gloucester, Massachusetts

Hammond Castle Museum

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Added by Taoist
Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Tower

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Josh Added by Josh
Brooklyn, New York

The Tomb of Jane Griffith

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Army Terminal Building B

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Jersey City, New Jersey

The Colgate Clock

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.
Added by Brook WilenskyLanford
Jersey City, New Jersey

The Katyń Massacre Memorial

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Leslie Nielsen's Gravesite

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.
Added by dylansko