New York, New York
Barthman's Sidewalk Clock
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
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New York, New York
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
New York, New York
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
New York, New York
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
New York, New York
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
Jersey City, New Jersey
This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.
Cincinnati, Ohio
What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Cincinnati, Ohio
One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.
Cincinnati, Ohio
The oldest brick house in the state of Ohio.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.
Zanesville, Ohio
A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.
Zanesville, Ohio
One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.
Urbana, Illinois
The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.
Gays, Illinois
This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.
Arcola, Illinois
This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.
Mattoon, Illinois
The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.
Mattoon, Illinois
This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.
Lerna, Illinois
The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Charleston, Illinois
The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.