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

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.