The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.

This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

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

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

Though it may look like a businessman's lost luggage, this case suspended under a highway bridge is actually a contemporary art installation.

On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.