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Montclair, New Jersey

Thomas Edison's Concrete Houses

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.
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Edison, New Jersey

Menlo Park Lightbulb

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.
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Gloucester Township, New Jersey

Cookie Jar House

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.
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Weehawken, New Jersey

Weehawken Dueling Grounds

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.
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Bloomfield, New Jersey

Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery

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

Walt Whitman's Grave

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.
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West Windsor Township, New Jersey

'War of the Worlds' Monument

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.
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Vineland, New Jersey

Palace of Depression

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.
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Margate City, New Jersey

Lucy the Elephant

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Matawan, New Jersey

Site of the New Jersey Shark Attacks of 1916

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

Cliff Dale Manor Ruins

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.
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Lakehurst, New Jersey

Hindenburg Crash Site

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.
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Hamburg, New Jersey

The Gingerbread Castle

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.
Amanda Petrozzini Added by Amanda Petrozzini
Hamilton Township, New Jersey

Rat's Restaurant

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.
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Hamilton Township, New Jersey

Grounds for Sculpture

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
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Asbury Park, New Jersey

Paranormal Museum

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

Saint Croix Island National Historic Site

A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.
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Poland, Maine

Maine State Building

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.
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Yarmouth, Maine

Eartha

The world's largest rotating world.
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North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Narragansett Rune Stone

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.
Added by jordank
Newport, Rhode Island

Commodore Matthew Perry Monument

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Newport, Rhode Island

Gravelly Point

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Providence, Rhode Island

‘Time Wave’

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Providence, Rhode Island

Cranston Street Armory

A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden