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

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

One of New Jersey's oldest churches is a historical treasure trove.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

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

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.