Places Edited by Anna Minster

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.