The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

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

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.