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

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

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

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

Along a busy beachfront strip you may hear Frank Sinatra singing from one boardwalk home.

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.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

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

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.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

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

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

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

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