Edison, New Jersey
Hoopar Brothers Gravestone
In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Staten Island, New York
Willowbrook State School
Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
Historic Castle Inn
Where European elegance met riverside leisure in early 20th-century Pennsylvania.
Chester Township, New Jersey
Telephone Pole Farm
A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.
Chester, New Jersey
Cooper's Mill
A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.
Bernards Township, New Jersey
Devil's Tree
An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
The Deserted Village of Feltville
This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.
Brooklyn, New York
‘Pageant’
Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.
Palm Beach, Florida
Worth Avenue Clock Tower
This 25-foot tall clock tower commemorates the start of one of America's foremost shopping districts and the end of the historic Palm Beach Pier.
New York, New York
Charlotte Temple’s Grave
A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.
New York, New York
St. George's Syrian Catholic Church
This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
New York, New York
Toynbee Tiles
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
New York, New York
New York Cancer Hospital
This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.
Huntington Station, New York
Walt Whitman's Birthplace
The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.
West Hollywood, California
Barney’s Beanery
A legendary West Hollywood bar where celebrities shoot pool with the locals.
West Hollywood, California
Soviet Veterans Memorial
The only World War II memorial in the United States dedicated to veterans of the former Soviet Union.
Los Angeles, California
Thompson Home
Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
Los Angeles, California
Halloween House
Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
Beverly Hills, California
John Wayne Statue
One of two Southern California statues celebrating “The Duke,” this one towers over a Beverly Hills sidewalk.
Santa Monica, California
Spirit of Santa Monica DC-3
"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."
