Staten Island, New York
Todt Hill
The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.
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Staten Island, New York
The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.
Staten Island, New York
One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.
London, England
The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.
London, England
Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.
London, England
This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.
London, England
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.
London, England
Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.
London, England
Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.
London, England
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.