New York, New York
New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
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New York, New York
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
New York, New York
An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
New York, New York
The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.
Staten Island, New York
The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.
Brooklyn, New York
A collection of playbills, photographs, and other memorabilia from the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Brooklyn, New York
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
Staten Island, New York
Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.
New York, New York
Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
New York, New York
Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
Atlanta, Georgia
This pair of centuries-old magnolia trees was once struck by a Babe Ruth home run.
Chicago, Illinois
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Chicago, Illinois
The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.
Chicago, Illinois
This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.
Chicago, Illinois
One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.
Chicago, Illinois
An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.
Chicago, Illinois
The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.
Chicago, Illinois
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Winona, Minnesota
Hunting trophies and antique guns make up the unusual display at this Minnesota bank building.
Red Wing, Minnesota
Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.