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This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

New York's oldest magic store.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.