Places Nicky Pryde Wants to Go

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

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.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

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

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

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

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.