Places bettamurray Wants to Go

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

Thousands of Matchbox cars spanning generations call this New Jersey barn home.

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

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

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

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

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

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Destructive children, start your engines.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

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

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

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

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

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

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

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.