A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

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

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

New York's oldest magic store.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

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

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

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

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.