New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
New York, New York
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Bernards Township, New Jersey
An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.
Hope, New Jersey
Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.
Independence Township, New Jersey
This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.
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.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.
Richmond, Vermont
This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.
Burlington, Vermont
Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.
South Hero, Vermont
Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.
Burlington, Vermont
This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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