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Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.