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.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

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

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.