Places erockalypse Wants to Go

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

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

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.

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

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

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

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

Vintage cars and motorcycles race for glory in a throwback motorsport celebration on the Jersey shore.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

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

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

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