Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.