New York, New York
The Narrowest Building in New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
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New York, New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York
During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.
New York, New York
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
Brooklyn, New York
A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.
New York, New York
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
Alexandria, Virginia
This pharmacist and his patient greet visitors to the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Washington, D.C.
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Washington, D.C.
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Washington, D.C.
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
Lusby, Maryland
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Trenton, New Jersey
This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.
Alexandria, Virginia
This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.
Marshall, Michigan
Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.
Benton Harbor, Michigan
The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.