This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

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

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

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

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

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

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

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

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

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

A spectacular tribute to statesman and philanthropist Andrew Mellon.