Places drsupherpen Wants to Go

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

A decorated war pigeon stands guard in eternal taxidermied rest at his alma mater.

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

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

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

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

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

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

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

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

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.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.