This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.