Places anthonyburdge Wants to Go

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.

A mixture of strange symbols, ciphers, words and cryptograms carved in 1876 remain unsolved to this day.

A small cave hidden deep within the Jenny Jump State Forest.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

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

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

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

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.