This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This roadside installation gives travelers a chance to stretch their legs. Don't worry—it doesn’t bite!

Faded remnants of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style resort that never fully came to life.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.