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This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

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.

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

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

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

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.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

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

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

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

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.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

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

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

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.