A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.

A statue of the early navigator stands overlooking the land he first surveyed.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

The site of the fossilized remains of some of Earth’s earliest primitive, microbial life forms.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

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

In the heart of the Pine Barrens, entire forests of pitch pines that usually grow 20–90 feet tall only reach six feet in height.

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

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

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

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

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.