Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Rat's Restaurant
Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.
Cape May, New Jersey
World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
Matawan, New Jersey
The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."
Hamburg, New Jersey
Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.
Lakehurst, New Jersey
The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.
Oakland, New Jersey
The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Tonopah, Nevada
The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.
Henderson, Nevada
Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Piediluco, Italy
The ruins of this medieval castle overlook the lake of Piediluco in what was once a sacred forest.
Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.
Tehachapi, California
Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.
Lafayette, Colorado
According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.
Austin, Texas
This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.
Rome, Italy
The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
San Diego County, California
The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.