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Bee balm is just one of the many plants that Native Americans relied on for medicinal and ceremonial uses.

Montrose, Colorado

Ute Ethnobotany Garden at the Ute Indian Museum

This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.

Christ of the Mines Shrine

Silverton, Colorado

Christ of the Mines Shrine

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

An exhibit featuring puppets from the Institute's collection.

Storrs, Connecticut

Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

This mural is five stories high.

Winsted, Connecticut

American Mural Project

This massive work of art is five stories high and 120 feet long.

Book Barn

East Lyme, Connecticut

Book Barn

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

The remains of Old Newgate Prison

East Granby, Connecticut

Old Newgate Prison

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The landscape is ringed by wooden walkways.

Brooklyn, New York

Naval Cemetery Landscape

What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.

The Pickle Guys

New York, New York

The Pickle Guys

The Pickle Guys stand as a salt-stained holdout of the Lower East Side’s historic pushcart culture.

Cleft Ridge Span

Brooklyn, New York

Cleft Ridge Span

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

Campderdown Elm

Brooklyn, New York

Camperdown Elm

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

A statue of Balto stands in a place of honor in Central Park.

New York, New York

Balto Statue

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

The McGovern Weir Greenhouse

Brooklyn, New York

McGovern Weir Greenhouse

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Courtyard.

Brooklyn, New York

Leroy's Place

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

Front of the house

Brooklyn, New York

Old Stone House of Brooklyn

This reconstructed Revolutionary War-era residence marks the first major battle after the Declaration of Independence

Exterior of the station.

Brooklyn, New York

Smith-9 Street Station

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Dinosaur Ridge

Morrison, Colorado

Dinosaur Ridge

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

Cold War Horse

Arvada, Colorado

Cold War Horse

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

Glenwood Hot Springs Pool

Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Glenwood Hot Springs Pool

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

Bluestockings storefront in 2006.

New York, New York

Bluestockings Bookstore

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Red Square

New York, New York

Lenin Statue at Red Square

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery

New York, New York

Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The Former New Brighton Athletic Club

New York, New York

The Former New Brighton Athletic Club

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

The new plaque at 57 Great Jones Street

New York, New York

Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

Gene Frankel Theater

New York, New York

'Dreams of Hyperion'

A unique collection of figures perform down the facade of the Gene Frankel Theatre.

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