Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.