Asbury Park, New Jersey
Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House
Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.
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Asbury Park, New Jersey
Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.
Ocean Grove, New Jersey
A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.
Long Branch, New Jersey
A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.
Shrewsbury, New Jersey
One of New Jersey's oldest churches is a historical treasure trove.
Highlands, New Jersey
These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.
Holmdel, New Jersey
A monument commemorating the discoverer of radio astronomy.
Holmdel, New Jersey
This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.
Holmdel, New Jersey
This giant satellite antenna services the transmission needs of government agencies and cable programmers.
Matawan, New Jersey
A condo complex once housed a boarding school with the 24th U.S. Vice President among its notable alumni.
Matawan, New Jersey
The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."
Bayonne, New Jersey
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.
New York, New York
One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
Oyster Bay, New York
Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.
Highland, New York
The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.
Brooklyn, New York
The remnants of what was once the largest film studio on the East Coast are hiding in plain sight.
Northampton, Massachusetts
Two artist-designed restrooms are part of the collection at the Smith College Museum of Art.
Clinton, Tennessee
The physical legacy of one man’s lifetime mission, following a near-fatal mine accident, to publicly proselytize for Christianity.
Pawling, New York
The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.
Brooklyn, New York
An interim housing alternative to FEMA trailers that is designed for densely populated areas during recovery and rebuilding following a natural disaster.
Leverett, Massachusetts
This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.
Blackville, South Carolina
This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.
Dover Plains, New York
This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.