Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.