Places GeneralWaffles Wants to Go

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

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

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

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

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

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

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

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.