Places Edited by Ian Hall

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Pittsburgh's literal underground railroad.

The American rainmaker and a burst dam.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.