Boston, Massachusetts
Salada Tea Doors
The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.
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Boston, Massachusetts
The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Boston, Massachusetts
Radical Bookstore and Community Space.
New Haven, Connecticut
137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
Providence, Rhode Island
Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.
Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.
Brooklyn, New York
This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.
Brooklyn, New York
One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”
New York, New York
A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.
New York, New York
New York City's first Modernist house.
New York, New York
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
New York, New York
If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.
New York, New York
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
New York, New York
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Washington, D.C.
A portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C.
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.
Washington, D.C.
The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.
New York, New York
Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.
New York, New York
The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
New York, New York
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
New York, New York
This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.
New York, New York
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.