A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This exoskeleton was gifted to Rutgers University by Japan for its role in educating some of the first Japanese citizens to study outside the country.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

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

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

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

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

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

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.