Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

A monument to the winner of the 1946 Boston Marathon, Greek runner Stylianos Kyriakides.

The way these carnivorous dinosaurs are posed is an homage to a classic work of paleoart.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

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

A billionaire heiress' menagerie of animals were lovingly laid to rest on the grounds of her former estate.

One of the last-standing and most prominent structures from a long-lost colonial port community.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

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

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

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.