Places chrissyml Wants to Go

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.

This giant satellite antenna services the transmission needs of government agencies and cable programmers.

Home of the golf club used by Alan Shepard on the moon, and more artifacts from the sport's history.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

Hundreds of iconic jazz records were made in this church-like space.

A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.

One of New Jersey's oldest churches is a historical treasure trove.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.

An unusual assortment of steerable wooden sleds is on display in a library in New Jersey where they were first invented.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

This crumbling little graveyard was saved from the undergrowth by concerned veterans.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

Dinosaurs, magic, and wonder are hidden amid the forests of Allaire State Park.

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