This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Yo, Adrian!

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

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

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.