A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

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.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

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

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

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

Yo, Adrian!

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.