A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Featuring the largest CinemaScope screen in Pennsylvania, this drive-in has entertained moviegoers for more than half a century.

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.

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

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

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.