Places Maggie Mason Wants to Go

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

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

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

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Destructive children, start your engines.

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

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

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.

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.

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.