Jersey City, New Jersey
Empty Sky Memorial
This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.
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Jersey City, New Jersey
This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.
New York, New York
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
Jersey City, New Jersey
A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.
Jersey City, New Jersey
This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.
West Orange, New Jersey
Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.
West Orange, New Jersey
Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.
Rahway, New Jersey
The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.
Stockton, New Jersey
New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.
Camden, New Jersey
The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
The final resting place of two members of the infamous Doan gang, notorious outlaws and Revolutionary War Loyalists.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
All that remains of a 17th-century hamlet is a sprawling non-denominational cemetery.
Princeton, New Jersey
The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.
Princeton, New Jersey
One man's lifelong obsession with death.
Princeton, New Jersey
The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.
New York, New York
New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.
New York, New York
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
New York, New York
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Jersey City, New Jersey
Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.