This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

An unusual assortment of steerable wooden sleds is on display in a library in New Jersey where they were first invented.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

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

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

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

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

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

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.