This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

A museum of anything and everything Stooge.

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

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."