Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Three bronze deer sculptures relax along the Scioto Mile.

A bronze monument to Cleveland's favorite, fastest son.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

A former nuclear facility during the Cold War turned nature preserve.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

A unique outdoor timepiece at a "clothing-optional" resort.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

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

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.