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

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

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

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

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

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

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

An underwater city for the dead.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.