A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

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The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.