A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.