This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

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.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

Along a busy beachfront strip you may hear Frank Sinatra singing from one boardwalk home.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.

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

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

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