This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

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

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

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

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

Dinosaurs, magic, and wonder are hidden amid the forests of Allaire State Park.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

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.

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

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

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

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

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.