One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

Set sail on a small scale.

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

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.