If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

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

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

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

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

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.

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

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

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

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.