New York, New York
5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
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New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
New York, New York
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.
New York, New York
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
New York, New York
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
Ellsworth, Maine
It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.
Trenton, Maine
Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.
Contoocook, New Hampshire
The oldest covered railroad bridge still standing in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The homestead of American patriot John Adams.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The world's only surviving heavy cruiser has a haunting history.
New York, New York
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
New York, New York
Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.
New York, New York
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
Tonga
A failed utopia, shut down by a more legitimate nation.
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.
St. Cloud, Minnesota
This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.
Marquette, Michigan
As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Cross Village, Michigan
Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.