This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

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

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.