New Orleans, Louisiana
The Singing Oak
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Durango, Colorado
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Budapest, Hungary
Dine on Hungarian-Jewish dishes at this multigenerational, family-run institution.
Warsaw, Poland
A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.
Warsaw, Poland
Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.
Warsaw, Poland
A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.
New York, New York
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
New York, New York
An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'
Bronx, New York
The longest step street in the city.
New York, New York
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
New York, New York
Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.
Brooklyn, New York
This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.
Bronx, New York
This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.
Brooklyn, New York
Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.
Brooklyn, New York
The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.
Bronx, New York
A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.
Brooklyn, New York
This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.
Brooklyn, New York
This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.