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

This exoskeleton was gifted to Rutgers University by Japan for its role in educating some of the first Japanese citizens to study outside the country.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

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

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

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

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

Yo, Adrian!

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

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

The way these carnivorous dinosaurs are posed is an homage to a classic work of paleoart.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

Inside Crosswicks Creek Park resides an estate chronicling 200 years of history.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.