After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

The only 'battle' in the Toledo War between Michigan and Ohio set the stage for a persistent state rivalry.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.