Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

A small obelisk marks the spot where Captain Sam Greele was killed by a falling tree.

A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.