Places GeneralWaffles Wants to Go

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

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

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

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

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

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

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

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

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

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

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

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.