This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

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