A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Destructive children, start your engines.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.

The West's first incursion into the Afghan world lies buried beneath a military base.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.