The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Now the site of a high school, this was almost the location of the largest cathedral in the US.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.