The saddest little diner in New York.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

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

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

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

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.