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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

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

A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.

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

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

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

In the 19th century, this canal provided power to mills, machine shops, and other businesses in the area.