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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

Massive kielbasa stands 42 feet tall and weighs in at 12,000 pounds.

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.