The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

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

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

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

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

An ideal wedding spot that is almost too ideal.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

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

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.