Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eastern State Penitentiary
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
Trenton, New Jersey
This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
A decorated war pigeon stands guard in eternal taxidermied rest at his alma mater.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.
Lakehurst, New Jersey
The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.