A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

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

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Overshadowed by quilts, the artistry of these patterned textiles went underappreciated for too long.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

A miniature golf course crafted inside the world's largest simulated cave.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

A beautiful final resting place with some surprising residents.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.