The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

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

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

This monument pays tribute to the musicians responsible for creating the Sound Of Asbury Park.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.