Places Brew Wallace Wants to Go

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."