Pennsylvania Built a Prison, New Jersey Built Everything Else

A former prison in Philadelphia that operated from 1829 to 1971 and pioneered the solitary-confinement-based "Pennsylvania System" of incarceration, now a museum widely promoted as one of the most haunted sites in the United States.

Start in Philadelphia at the prison that pioneered solitary confinement in America, abandoned in 1971 and left to crumble for decades before reopening as a museum. Guards and visitors alike have long reported voices and movement in the empty cell blocks.

A legendary winged, cloven-hoofed cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey, with origins in 18th-century "Leeds Devil" folklore and a notable wave of reported sightings in January 1909.

Drive southeast into the Pine Barrens, home to a winged, cloven-hoofed creature reported since the 1700s and blamed for a statewide sighting panic in January 1909 that shut down schools and factories for a week. Treat this as a drive through Pine Barrens towns rather than a single site.

A six story wooden elephant built in 1881 to sell New Jersey real estate is now the oldest surviving roadside attraction in America.

Finish at the Jersey Shore inside a six-story wooden elephant built in 1881 to sell real estate. Climb up through her legs to the howdah on top for a view of the same beach she's watched over for nearly 150 years.