Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

Known as the "Grand Lady of Jersey City,” the city's first racially-integrated hotel was owned by a preacher who was, depending on who you ask, a cult leader, civil rights pioneer, or the manifestation of God.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

This statue is a commemoration of the only place where Freud spoke in the United States.

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

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

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

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.