The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

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

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

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

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Home of the golf club used by Alan Shepard on the moon, and more artifacts from the sport's history.

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

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

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.