The loneliest island in New York.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

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

Along a busy beachfront strip you may hear Frank Sinatra singing from one boardwalk home.

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

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

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

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

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

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

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.