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

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

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

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

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

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

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

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

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head as he died can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.