The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Yo, Adrian!

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

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

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.