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Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Said to be haunted, this tower was constructed by a sugar importer as a gift to his wife.

One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.

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

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

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

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

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

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

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

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

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

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

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

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

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

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.