From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

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

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.