A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

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

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.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

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

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.

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

A tribute to the first human in space.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

Gdańsk's lion mascot features in a trail of bronze sculptures scattered all across the city.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.