Elizabeth, New Jersey
Arthur Kill Vertical Bridge
Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.
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Elizabeth, New Jersey
Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.
Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.
Hope, New Jersey
Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.
Chatsworth, New Jersey
How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.
Millville, New Jersey
The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.
Jersey City, New Jersey
A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.
Hamburg, New Jersey
Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.
Manchester Township, New Jersey
Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.
Cape May, New Jersey
Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.
Oakland, New Jersey
The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.
Hackensack, New Jersey
A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.
Columbia, New Jersey
Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
Summit, New Jersey
An enormous overgrown greenhouse teeming with graffiti and wildlife.
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.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Newport, Rhode Island
The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.
Newport, Rhode Island
The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
New Shoreham, Rhode Island
An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.