A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.