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

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

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

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

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

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.

This historic boathouse was constructed using salvaged lumber from burned barns.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

George Washington once stopped by this house for dinner.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

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

This Georgian-style house built in 1746 is the oldest surviving structure in Bladensburg.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

A secret rendezvous spot where John S. Mosby and his Rangers would meet to divvy up their loot after raids.

The birthplace of the Herndon Gas Company.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

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

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The only U.S. Senator to die on the field of battle is buried in San Francisco but memorialized at Balls Bluff Regional Park.

This suburban park recalls the history of a famous tavern. Despite the name, it's no ordinary place!