The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.