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A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

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

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.

This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations

Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.