Cleveland, Ohio
The Cleveland Arcade
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Kent, Ohio
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
New York, New York
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
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.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
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
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
New York, New York
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Everett, Pennsylvania
Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.
Irwin, Pennsylvania
This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.