Brooklyn, New York
Cleft Ridge Span
This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.
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Brooklyn, New York
This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.
Brooklyn, New York
19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Brooklyn, New York
Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.
Brooklyn, New York
Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.
Brooklyn, New York
This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.
Baltimore, Maryland
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
Atlanta, Georgia
This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Georgia
Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.
Fayetteville, Georgia
Giant instrument-shaped home in Fayetteville, Georgia.
Riverdale, Georgia
A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.
Atlanta, Georgia
Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.
Atlanta, Georgia
A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.
Chamblee, Georgia
An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.
Atlanta, Georgia
An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.
Atlanta, Georgia
Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.
Atlanta, Georgia
Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
Atlanta, Georgia
To find the final resting place of a golf legend, just look for the grave covered in golf balls.
Atlanta, Georgia
The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.
Atlanta, Georgia
A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.
Atlanta, Georgia
A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.
Atlanta, Georgia
This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.
Atlanta, Georgia
Commemorating the planting of trees by the Atlanta chapter of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo.