Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

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.

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

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?