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Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.
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Brooklyn, New York
Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.
Brooklyn, New York
Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.
Matawan, New Jersey
A condo complex once housed a boarding school with the 24th U.S. Vice President among its notable alumni.
Brocton, New York
The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.
Perrysburg, New York
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.
Cattaraugus, New York
This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.
Erie, Pennsylvania
Relax over handcrafted ale and gastro-pub grub inside an iconic (and possibly haunted) train station.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Niagara Falls, New York
Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This 1836 church, constructed by formerly enslaved people, honors a leader in Afrocentric music.
Brooklyn, New York
A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.
Montreal, Quebec
This massive circular sculpture may not be a portal to other worlds, but it does inspire the mind to imagine them.
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
Matawan, New Jersey
The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."
Holmdel, New Jersey
This giant satellite antenna services the transmission needs of government agencies and cable programmers.
Holmdel, New Jersey
A monument commemorating the discoverer of radio astronomy.
Holmdel, New Jersey
The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.