Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.

The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.

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

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Because there's no place like home.