A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Some of the world’s most popular songs came out of this building.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

A secret, ethereal waterfall beneath the picturesque gardens.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

This sandstone marvel of nature is worth a stop along Highway 65.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

A 40-foot waterfall hidden in a desert oasis.

Tucked away in a secluded canyon, this hidden hot spring’s thermal waters have been soothing soakers for generations.

This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.

This metal church may or may not have been designed by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

Commercial aircraft storage facility, where you can see a TWA 747.