A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.