As a result of New Jersey's role as a commercial crossroads, many wealthy cities sprang up in the state, reflecting the opulence of the Gilded Age.
In the city of Lambertville, an amateur historian and a landscape architect remind neighbors of a street's proud past by restoring a Victorian home that was once a funeral parlor.
In the town of Montclair, a church group inspires the community to save a mansion to provide housing for seniors.
In Roadstown, a couple return to their hometown, determined to save a rare patterned-brick farmhouse built in 1728.
Finally, after six years of historical detective work, an architect in the village of Greenwich restores an 18th-century home to its original colonial era.
