The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

This recipe is set in stone.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

This giant 200-year-old ginkgo is one of the largest in the United States.

Near the state border, cars seem to defy the laws of physics by rolling uphill.

This rudder is one of the few remnants of a shipyard that once operated on the banks of the Potomac River.

This tiny, one-acre cemetery serves as a reminder of when the Civil War got close to the nation’s capitol.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.

Residing quietly in suburban Maryland, this tree has a star-powered history and was grown from a seed that journeyed to space on Apollo 14.

An unkempt, oddly placed piece of land keeps an elderly farming couple in a residential area.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.