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Old North Church

Boston, Massachusetts

Old North Church

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator demonstrates the power of electricity.

Boston, Massachusetts

World's Largest Air-Insulated Van de Graaff Generator

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Detail of the Texaco map terrazzo mosaic tile floor of the New York State Pavilion (Tent of Tomorrow), 2009

Queens, New York

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

New York, New York

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Looking across the Hudson River towards New Jersey, at night

New York, New York

The High Line

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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Stanhope, New Jersey

Waterloo Village

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

The wreckage of the SS Atlantus lies off the coast of Sunset Beach, New Jersey

Cape May, New Jersey

Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus

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

The Gingerbread Castle

Hamburg, New Jersey

The Gingerbread Castle

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

SS Morro Castle Monument

Asbury Park, New Jersey

SS Morro Castle Monument

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

Monument to S.O.A.P.

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Monument to the Creators of S.O.A.P.

This monument pays tribute to the musicians responsible for creating the Sound Of Asbury Park.

Johnson Victrola Museum

Dover, Delaware

Johnson Victrola Museum

Museum houses an impressive display of the origin and artistry from the now-quaint invention's history.

Power lines running through the Meadowlands.

Carlstadt, New Jersey

The Meadowlands

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

Edison's desk, which has remained untouched since the day he died.

West Orange, New Jersey

Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

The view from standing just across from the falls edge.

Paterson, New Jersey

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House

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

Bowman's Hill Tower

New Hope, Pennsylvania

Bowman's Hill Tower

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

Engine at NMIH

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

National Museum of Industrial History

A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.

Sleeping steel in the snow

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Hoover-Mason Trestle

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

Howe Caverns

Howes Cave, New York

Howe Caverns

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

Ticonderoga Paddlewheel Ferry

Shelburne, Vermont

Shelburne Museum

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

Today, teenagers gather around the tree, and often deface it.

Bernards Township, New Jersey

Devil's Tree

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

Madam Marie's Psychic Booth

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Madam Marie's Psychic Booth

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

Close up of the light bulb

Edison, New Jersey

Menlo Park Lightbulb

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

The propeller can currently be found in the Air and Space Museum.

Washington, D.C.

NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

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