Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.