An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

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

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

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

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

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

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

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

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

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.